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  • Gordon-Reed, Annette.
     
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  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Family.
     
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    The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family / Annette Gordon-Reed.
    by Gordon-Reed, Annette.
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  • Hemings family.
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  • Hemings, Sally -- Family.
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  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Family.
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  • Slaves -- Virginia -- Albemarle County -- Biography.
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  • African American families -- Virginia -- Albemarle County.
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  • African American families -- Drama.
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  • African Americans -- Biography.
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  • Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography.
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  • Monticello (Va.) -- Biography.
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  • Albemarle County (Va.) -- Biography.
  • Publisher Info: 
    New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.
    Edition: 
    1st ed.
    Description: 
    798 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
    ISBN: 
    9780393064773
    0393064778
    Contents: 
    pt. 1. Origins. -- Young Elizabeth's world -- John Wayles: the immigrant -- The children of no one -- Thomas Jefferson -- The first Monticello -- In the home of a revolutionary -- pt. 2. The vaunted scene of Europe. -- "A particular purpose" -- James Hemings: the provincial abroad -- "Isabel or Sally will come" -- Dr. Sutton -- The rhythms of the city -- The eve of revolution -- "During that time" -- Sarah Hemings: the fatherless girl in a patriarchal society -- The teenagers and the woman -- "His promises on which she implicitly relied" -- "The treaty" and "did they love each other?" -- The return -- pt. 3. On the mountain. -- Hello and goodbye -- Equilibrium -- The brothers -- Philadelphia -- Exodus -- The second Monticello -- Into the future, echoes from the past -- The ocean of life -- The public world and the private domain -- "Measurably happy": the children of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings -- Retirement for one, not for all -- Endings and beginnings.
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    Summary: 
    Historian and legal scholar Gordon-Reed presents this epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family, and their close blood ties to Thomas Jefferson.
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